I don’t know what the circumstances were, but here’s Jimmy Adamo giving the famous Eddie Wilbanks Yamaha Vision Battle of the Twins bike a shake-down run at Memphis Motorsports Park during the AMA National there in 1987. Stuart Cooper was the normal rider on this Vision, but Wilbanks must have asked Adamo to ride the machine and give his opinion. Almost everything on this bike was one off made by Wilbanks. That was the cool part of the bike, but also its downfall. If something went wrong it was rare to have a back-up part. To learn about the bike: Read more.

Jimmy Adamo giving the famous Eddie Wilbanks Yamaha Vision Battle of the Twins bike a shake-down run at Memphis Motorsports Park during the AMA National there in 1987. (Larry Lawrence photo)